Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Soil Secrets formulates Humus Soil
Conditioners for the Home Owner and Farmer, as well as for the Engineering and
Construction industries that deal with mine reclamation, erosion control, and
vegetation management.

Humus has amazing properties that make it
able to build soils whether the starting material is Sand or Clay. Humus added
to sandy soils can increase water and nutrient retention. Humus added to clay
soils can help increase drainage by aggregating clay particles.

Commercial Grade TerraPro® (Earth Magic®) is a unique concentrated humus product that contains a broad
spectrum of beneficial soil microorganisms and soil enzymes along with a high
percentage of Humic Acids (Humus).

This product is used by Home Owners and
Farmers to build productive soils. The objective of this
product is to fortify the soil with the best humic acid product possible at the
highest concentration possible.

Follow the link below to learn more
about Commercial Grade TerraPro® (Earth Magic®):

Agriculture Grade TerraPro®made for agriculture and other large industrial uses, the active
ingredient of this product is the high concentration of Humic Acids that can
function as a powerful biologic chemical of the soil, involved with hundreds if
not thousands of bio-geo-chemical processes. Humic Acids are super molecules of
soil that are essential for a healthy and productive soil and this product,
formulated by Soil Secrets is guaranteed to have the highest biologic value of
any humic acid product in the industry!

This product can be used for
agricultural and industrial applications, especially larger scale projects. The objective of this product is to make it economically feasible to
fortify the soil with humic acids that work.

Follow the link below to learn more
about Agriculture Grade TerraPro®:

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Agriculture Grade TerraPro® is a Humus Based Soil
Conditioner formulated by Soil Secrets. Humus is decay resistant recalcitrant
carbon compounds of soil that help to give soil its life and structure. Humus
can help soils retain water and nutrients and improves soil structure.

Agriculture Grade TerraPro® is made for agriculture and
other large industrial uses. The active ingredient of this product is the high
concentration of (Humus) Humic Acids that can function as a powerful biologic
chemical of the soil, involved with hundreds if not thousands of
bio-geo-chemical processes.

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Humic Substances - Humic Substances are complex Carbon compounds found in soil. They sometime, but not always, contain active fractions call Humic, Humin and Fulvic. The common term for Humic Substances is Humus, often confused with compost, mushroom compost and peat moss. Humates are often sold as a source of Humic Substances and Humic Acids. Humates are an ore, more properly called Oxidized Lignite. Lignite is coal, oxidized means it is not useful in a power plant. However, Humates are not able to associate with water.Soil Secrets with the technical assistance of the National Labs has performed the only molecular analysis and characterization study of Humic Acids, which has allowed us the ability to formulate a Humic Acid product that works, because it is capable of associating with water and functioning with Supramolecular capabilities. To Learn more about Humus please visit the Soil Secrets website by clicking on the link below:

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Great news on some test results that just came in from Marana
Arizona where a huge cotton grow-out experiment was conducted this
year using Soil Secrets granular Ag Grade TerraPro Humic
product. I'm going to share with you the part of the test that was
conducted on parts of the farm that were having problems with sodium and salt
accumulation and yield had been dropping off.

Protocol:

1. 70 acres of the farm that were impacted by high salt and soil
dispersion were treated with 500 pounds of Ag Grade TerraPro.

2. Total input cost for the 70 acres = $8000 ($114.28 per acre)

Results:

1. Total revenue increase for the 70 acres that were formerly the
lowest production areas of the farm = $28,000

2. Net profit for the 70 acres was $20,000 or $285.71 per acre.

3. The 70 acre plot that was always the lowest production area of
the whole farm was able to out produce beat all three surrounding fields,
producing one extra bale per acre.

Click on the following link
to learn more about Soil Secrets Agricultural Grade TerraPro product:

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Another benefit, but not the only benefit of the mycorrhizal fungi
No Till relationship is that of 'Humic Recalcitrant Carbon Molecule' production
in the soil. That's the stuff that's black in color and which gives a top
soil its characteristic darker color. It's also the stuff that by bad
habit the entire industry generically calls humic acids.
The term humic acid (or acids) does not describe specific molecular
structures and the term does not follow the rules of chemistry
nomenclature. However since our State Regulatory offices use this old
fashion term and have very vague methods of measuring the stuff, we are stuck
with using the term for now. When Nature builds these
amazing carbon molecules, or you supplement them by adding soil conditioners
such as TerraPro by Soil Secrets, the molecules involved play a huge role in
building macro-aggregate structure. This is caused by the polarity value
of the molecules causing a 'mechanism of action' (MOA).
See the image below which shows a collapsed, dispersed clay that has been
reclaimed by using TerraPro, so it now has good macro aggregate
structure.

Being Recalcitrant, these carbon molecules have a long life
expectancy in the soil as they do not decay back into CO 2 like compost,
manure and mulches will do. So back to the question of Till or Not
to Till? Where do the Humic Recalcitrant molecules come from in the soil?
I'm convinced that they do not come directly from the decay of dead things,
such as compost, manures and mulches. More specifically I believe
they are coming from the precursor amino acids of the proteins found in the
hyphae of the mycorrhizal fungal tissues. Another reason to inoculate
with quality mycorrhizal products and Not to Till!

Click on the following link to learn more about Soil Secrets
“White Lightning” mycorrhizal inoculant:

The concept of no-till is to favor the proliferation of
mycorrhizal fungal roots on the roots of the crop. The mycorrhizae
produce a vast network of fungus roots called hyphae that are microscopic, however
they are of critical importance in holding the soil structure together in what
we call macro-aggregate structure.They are also responsible for many other benefits to the host
plant, but for now let’s stick to the soil structure benefit. The slide below
shows this soil fungal hyphae relationship.

When we plow or till soil we clobber this relationship, making it
difficult for mycorrhizal fungi to perpetuate in an agricultural setting for
very long, resulting in most agriculture crops not being mycorrhizal.
This includes organic farms as well!

Beyond the physical characteristic of the fungal hyphae gluing the
soil macro-aggregate structure together, the hyphae also contain huge amounts
of Nitrogen, which potentially is the single largest contributor of that
element to the Soil Food Web. How do we know this, because research has
measured the fungal tissues at 10% Nitrogen, a big number when
compared to the many approved organic fertilizers on the market. For
example, liquid fish is only 2% Nitrogen, a very expensive way to get
Nitrogen into the system. Protein Crumblies, a product of Soil Secrets is
8% Nitrogen and a much more affordable way of getting organic nitrogen into the
system, when supplemental nitrogen is needed! So if you
inoculate your crop seed every year with a mycorrhizal product like Soil
Secrets “White Lightning” you will most likely have an abundance of mycorrhizal
tissues always cycling in the soil contributing Nitrogen while they are also
gluing the soil together. What a Great Idea!

Click on the following link to learn more about Soil Secrets
“White Lightning” mycorrhizal inoculant:

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Please
Attend the Valencia County Commisioner's Meeting today October 9th, at 5:00 pm to show your
support for Local businesses along Highway 47 near Tome Hill in Central New
Mexico!

Attached is a notice of
a public meeting concerning zoning changes along Highway 47 that will likely
compromise the ability of local businesses including either the Trees That
Please Nursery or Soil Secrets as a potential business site for a future owner.
The Valencia county zoning and planning office and planner have not been able
to tell us if this zoning overlay plan will benefit local businesses or even if
it could potentially damage them.

We need to have as many
citizens at this meeting as possible who are sick and tired of our government
trying to control our lives and our private property rights.

Please Plan on
Attending!

Valencia County Board of
Commissioners Meeting today October 9, at 5:00 PM. Meeting will be held at the
Valencia County Courthouse in the Comissioner’s Chambers located at 444 Luna
Ave in Los Lunas, NM 87031

Monday, September 16, 2013

The
Arboretum Tome will be hosting an open house on September 28th from 11am
- 4 pm. We are working in association with the Tome Art Gallery’s Garden Party
and Tour showcasing Highway 47 Garden related businesses. For more information
visit the Tome Art Gallery website at or click on the following link: http://tomegallery.net/

The Arboretum
Tomé is a collection of trees endemic to the desert Southwest. The collection
includes a huge collection of Oak trees, the genus Quercus, along with
Redwoods, Giant Timber Bamboo, and Maples, including a Western native
sugar maple called the Big Tooth Maple, Acer grandidentatum.

The
Arboretum also contains the production nursery for Trees That Please Nursery
and is the proving ground for Soil Secrets products. All plants on the
Arboretum grounds and Trees That Please Nursery are fed exclusively using the
products and protocols developed by Soil Secrets. The photo below shows transplanted Redwood seedlings inoculated with Earth Magic and Protein crumblies on the soil surface.

The
arboretum soil has served as the proving ground for the products of Soil
Secrets, changing the original toxic clay soil and rehabilitating it into a
healthy well drained soil that can now grow a wide variety of plants. The products of
Soil Secrets LLC meet the benchmark of the USDA’s NOP (National Organic
Program) and have been approved by USDA NOP Certifying Agents for use on
Certified Farms.

The
Arboretum serves as a living laboratory and is available for school field
trips, students, home gardeners, researchers, and individuals. The Arboretum is
a great place to spend some time under the shade of mature native trees, to
study and observe, to be inspired, or to see the great variety of native
landscaping trees the southwest has to offer.

The
Arboretum is open for tours by appointment only by contacting Trees That Please
Nursery at

Monday, May 13, 2013

The following 4 images were taken on May 3, 2013 at the experimental farm of Barkley Seed in Yuma, AZ. The trials were conducted by Barkley Seed. While they illustrate a physical improvement, crop yield is yet to be determined. This lack of lodging (falling down) may be due to the EndoMaxima Mycorrhizal inoculation. Mycorrhizae are known to improve the uptake of Calcium, Silica, Boron, and Phosphorus. All of which can be associated with improved physical structure of plants.

Wheat Seed Treated with EndoMaxima: Mycorrhizal Inoculant

EndoMaxima Applied Directly to Wheat Seed. Upright Structure, or Lack of Lodging, is Due to Improved Root System and Stem Strength.